O, I have read his Heart in his wicked eyes many a time. The very devil is in them.
ABIGAIL ADAMSA people fired with love of their country and of liberty, a zeal for the public good, and a noble emulation of glory, will not be disheartened or dispirited by a succession of unfortunate events.
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If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice, or representation.
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Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
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The world perhaps would laugh at me, and accuse me of vanity, but you I know have a mind too enlarged and liberal to disregard the Sentiment.
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What is it that affectionate parents require of their Children; for all their care, anxiety, and toil on their accounts? Only that they would be wise and virtuous, Benevolent and kind.
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When men know not what to do, they ought not to do they know not what
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How difficult the task to quench the fire and the pride of private ambition, and to sacrifice ourselves and all our hopes and expectations to the public weal!
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Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
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Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could.
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My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.
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But let no person say what they would or would not do, since we are not judges for ourselves until circumstances call us to act.
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It is to me a most affecting thing to hear myself prayed for, in particular as I do every day in the week, and disposes me to bear with more composure
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What is the history of mighty kingdoms and nations, but a detail of the ravages and cruelties of the powerful over the weak?
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The Character which a youth acquires in the early part of his Life is of great importance towards his future prosperity-one false step may prove irretrievable to his future usefulness.
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No one is without their difficulties, whether in High, or low Life, & every person knows best where their own shoe pinches.
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That your Sex are Naturally Tyrannical is a Truth so thoroughly established as to admit of no dispute
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